Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche faces the Senate Judiciary Committee as he seeks confirmation to secure his role on a permanent basis, pressed on questions over the release of the Jeffery Epstein files; Taco Bell voluntarily removes some ingredients at certain locations following the parasite outbreak causing Americans to suffer intestinal issues; in California one person is dead and three others went missing after a boat in San Francisco Bay capsized; wildfires have triggered evacuations in Northern Minnesota with fires being fed by scorching temperatures; the U.S. launches the first daytime strikes in Iran since the war began; former President Joe Biden is set to publish a memoir this fall called “Promise Me, America”; parts of Central Texas are bracing for potentially “catastrophic” flooding; and one of the World Cup’s most popular players had a “look-alike contest” in Miami that included a dancing robot.
